My Dell rep told me mid-December that the prices were going up 1st Jan

Our desktop resale price has gone up by about 12%.

Blimey. They were expensive enough as it was.

Paris probably understands things going up all the time.

Can Dell Jack up their prices any highe

Given the state of the pound, I think we can look forward to a lot more imported 'leccy goods prices ramping up.

Can Dell jack up their prices any higher than they al

So let me get this right.. when the euro's value is up against the dollar, they don't announce that it's now cheaper in the EU (who are already being charged significantly more for many items, even adjusting for tax rate differences).. but the moment the euro's value goes up, they must hike the price!

I expect what's really happening is Dell market research has decided that those who can still afford to buy computers in Europe will still do just that (since we don't subscribe nearly so much to hysterical end-of-the-world news - probably something about more-or-less trusting our euro-zone Governments to look after us, and them more-or-less doing it), so it comes down to profiteering and what the market will bear.. I'll bare this: {*}

My UK reseller warned me a fortnight ago that HP are raising their prices this weekend. Irritatingly they (HP, not my supplier) wont reveal by how much and are refusing to issue quotes for orders today. In my case we'll buy from elsewhere in the EU where the vendors recognise that having some cashflow and profit is better than ignoring the customer, and the rise doesnt seem to be affecting them, something I am sure is to do with the Euro being better than the GBP (Gordon Brown Peso).

Its a shame as it means the profit goes overseas as well, a bit ironic as we are trying to buy this kit to stop the offshoring of other IT functions as well. Another nail in the coffin then....

Nice put down, but now we've all got to pay for it.

Wouldn't it be nice if big companies were prevented from playing politics. Maybe a used shell case in the back of the neck...?

Dell's prices have gone completely stupid IMHO. I was buying Latitude D830s for £780 before Christmas, now the new equivalent E6500 costs around £930. That's a rise of around 27%. The cheek of it is discontinuing a model and replacing it with something more expensive. I buy lots of these machines, but Dell aren't willing to budge... now who else is looking to make inroads into the sector... those Lenovo T500s look might nice!

So Dell state that they can jack up prices due to the currency problem....however they see fit to freeze all salary increases for their staff?

Have pretty good relations with my dell peeps, and they gave me warning about this a few weeks back.

I'm using it as a negotiation tool to get some new stuff ordered against my managers - "If you keep dithering over whether to buy this stuff, the cost will go up noticably - so make your mind up"

The kit is required, but beancounters are involved, which is where the problem comes in, of course!

Anon as my People read this....

This is a simple case of inflation, an increase in the supply of money produced by government printing press. The increase in the supply of money causes a decrease in the value of money (because there is more of it the money is worth less). Since the money is not worth as much as it used to, business must increase their prices to keep up with the inflation, otherwise they will end up losing money and going out of business. You will notice other businesses doing the same thing, if they have not done so already.

So anyone know where else I can place nearly £1million of business? Dell's hikes aremaking them less and less attractive for sure...think theres bs in the air from Dell.

well i reckon that they will still be pushing decent deals out because tyhey are gonna be desperate to hit monthly targets and bonuses.

At the end of the day they are probably gonna start ignoring the pitifull margins made and go just for the bonuses

Paris cause she knows a good bonus hen she see's it